Cube one77 2025

Does it feel weird riding with short cranks? Can you still pedal properly to the top?
I've not tried the bike off-road yet but on riding my local streets which are steep hills they felt fine.
I'd say you will probably find that you will use a lower gear than you would normally on the climbs but you've got a motor so it's all good 👍
It felt perfectly normal in no time 😊
 
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I've not tried the bike off-road yet but on riding my local streets which are steep hills they felt fine.
I'd say you will probably find that you will use a lower gear than you would normally on the climbs but you've got a motor so it's all good 👍
It felt perfectly normal in no time 😊
You’ll spin like crazy, but you get used to it 👍
 
Does it feel weird riding with short cranks? Can you still pedal properly to the top?
Oh yeah, I should of mentioned that you will need to run more length of seatpost out of the seat tube
20 mm in this case.
Doesn't seem like an issue to me but time will tell especially once I get on the trails.
 
So..
I had my first ever offroad emtb experience this afternoon on the new 177.

OMG, what a gamechanger & what a bike. Super capable & confident on steep rooty trails & handled jumps & drops with ease. Sooo good.
I'm super pleased with the pinnd 145mm cranks. Not a single pedal strike & the standing position is fine. Helps with moving around the bike.

Only issue I has was the battery started rattling back & forth which spoiled the otherwise silent ride. Soon fix that with some foam or rubber insert.

Can't stop thinking of all the new possibilities it will open up with places to ride. Looks like Cwmcarn & Risca trails will be on the cards next weekend :)

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So..
I had my first ever offroad emtb experience this afternoon on the new 177.

OMG, what a gamechanger & what a bike. Super capable & confident on steep rooty trails & handled jumps & drops with ease. Sooo good.
I'm super pleased with the pinnd 145mm cranks. Not a single pedal strike & the standing position is fine. Helps with moving around the bike.

Only issue I has was the battery started rattling back & forth which spoiled the otherwise silent ride. Soon fix that with some foam or rubber insert.

Can't stop thinking of all the new possibilities it will open up with places to ride. Looks like Cwmcarn & Risca trails will be on the cards next weekend :)

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What e-bike were you running before?

I have the the 145mm Pinnd cranks and still have pedal strikes when I ride aggressively up technical climbs but not on descents fortunately!

Did you upgrade the shock too? I fitted the X2 and it’s excellent. It took a while (trial and error) to set it up but it’s a huge improvement.

Finally, I suggest you get the AVS rock guard like above. Great design, well made and perfect for off piste, hand cut, techy trails.

Mine was £90 delivered (in 3 days) which is pretty reasonable.

Don’t forget to keep an eye on all the linkage bolts!! 😁
 
What e-bike were you running before?

I have the the 145mm Pinnd cranks and still have pedal strikes when I ride aggressively up technical climbs but not on descents fortunately!

Did you upgrade the shock too? I fitted the X2 and it’s excellent. It took a while (trial and error) to set it up but it’s a huge improvement.

Finally, I suggest you get the AVS rock guard like above. Great design, well made and perfect for off piste, hand cut, techy trails.

Mine was £90 delivered (in 3 days) which is pretty reasonable.

Don’t forget to keep an eye on all the linkage bolts!! 😁
HI

This is my first ever e-bike. I've been riding a Specialized Status for the last five years & an Enduro before that.
I'm in my late fifties & was struggling with the length of recovery time after riding the Status so decided that now is the right time to buy an e-bike hence getting the 177.

I'm more of a winch & plummet type rider so the majority of trails I go up are just fire roads so pedal strikes going up should not be an issue. However, I am keen to explore places like Dartmoor which may present more challenging terrain for pedalling so will be mindful of pedal placement when going up rocky singletrack climbs.

The X2 was originally destined to go on the Status but was a perfect fit for the 177 so it made perfect sense to fit it.
I've got it set at 25% sag & set all damper adjustments to the Fox recommended settings as a base to start from.
Although I did not encounter any harsh bottom outs last night, I did find it blew through the travel quite easily which suggests the kinematics are very linear.
A bit of playing around with the air pressure & damper settings & I should be able to find the sweet spot.

Thanks for the heads up on the motor guard. It looks like a decent bit of kit. I will also keep an eye on the linkage bolts etc.. :)(y)
 
Third chain bent and needing to be replaced in as few months. At this rate Ill be spending £400 a year on chains..

Its the Shimano set up with the XT, great shifting until it isnt. Anyway, I did a thing, bought the XO kit for Bosch and installed that. Bent 4 pieces that I took off the chain to test my theory first (could always buy a new chain and set the kit back you see) and my god the force required to bend the SRAM XO chain over the Shimano XT is wild. I can see why transmission is so highly rated even if its pig slow.

On a plus side, the XT and shifter have made their way to my Scout so its not all bad. "Upgrades" all round!
 
Third chain bent and needing to be replaced in as few months. At this rate Ill be spending £400 a year on chains..

Its the Shimano set up with the XT, great shifting until it isnt. Anyway, I did a thing, bought the XO kit for Bosch and installed that. Bent 4 pieces that I took off the chain to test my theory first (could always buy a new chain and set the kit back you see) and my god the force required to bend the SRAM XO chain over the Shimano XT is wild. I can see why transmission is so highly rated even if its pig slow.

On a plus side, the XT and shifter have made their way to my Scout so its not all bad. "Upgrades" all round!
Third bent chain? Shifting under full load? Maybe adjust your riding/shifting a bit?
 
Third chain bent and needing to be replaced in as few months. At this rate Ill be spending £400 a year on chains..

Its the Shimano set up with the XT, great shifting until it isnt. Anyway, I did a thing, bought the XO kit for Bosch and installed that. Bent 4 pieces that I took off the chain to test my theory first (could always buy a new chain and set the kit back you see) and my god the force required to bend the SRAM XO chain over the Shimano XT is wild. I can see why transmission is so highly rated even if its pig slow.

On a plus side, the XT and shifter have made their way to my Scout so its not all bad. "Upgrades" all round!
What exactly did you change? The whole chainset?
 
What exactly did you change? The whole chainset?
I removed the XT shifter, XT derailleur, M6100 cassette, Microspline HUB, Chain ring, Cranks and Chain.

I added. SRAM T-Type Transmission parts of Shifter, XO Derailleur, XO Cassette, XD HHUB, XO Chain ring, XO Cranks and XO chain.
 
Third bent chain? Shifting under full load? Maybe adjust your riding/shifting a bit?
Its when you are changing gear, the double shift on the XT shifter is great on a normal bike but not so great when you are fumbling away with Boost mode under your feet on a climb. This is where it gets bent, no where else.
 
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Hi,
does anyone have a proven, reasonably good looking rear mudguard?
RRP Proguard rear. Size depends on preference your side. All cover what’s mostly required if keeping the bulk of muck off your back and the motor is required.
 
I have decided to retun my bike back to shop after 160miles of riding,I have changed all the parts suspension etc, im 178cm on Large i just can't faind the balance of this bike at all, for straight line charge its fine but for cornering and jumps the balance not there, as well as rear end so much flex, the bike with that price tag will be brilliant but not for me ill go for different brand and more balanced bike when get my money back for now going back to my old rig :)
 
I have decided to retun my bike back to shop after 160miles of riding,I have changed all the parts suspension etc, im 178cm on Large i just can't faind the balance of this bike at all, for straight line charge its fine but for cornering and jumps the balance not there, as well as rear end so much flex, the bike with that price tag will be brilliant but not for me ill go for different brand and more balanced bike when get my money back for now going back to my old rig :)
I found the L a tad too big for my taste, I’m also 1,78 and I chose medium instead.
 
more balanced bike
I bought mine knowing that the short chainstay and MX setup has its pros and cons; it’s definitely not for everyone. So far I’ve been happy with mine on the trails at my local hill (mostly jumps/flow with some tech) and a tour around the ‘mid-steepness’ (still steep) off piste tech trails at Dimmingsdale. It’s ‘forgiving’ through the tech and still poppy enough for me on jumps. I guess it’s just ‘horses for courses’, but I know it’ll be hard for people to chose if it’s right for them, as Cube don’t give bikes out to the press for testing, so there’s still zero mainstream reviews of the One77 out there to help zero in on whether it’s the right eMTB for someone when compared to many others out there.

I found the L a tad too big for my taste,

I got the XL as the L I originally ordered was just a tad too small for me (I’m 184cm). The XL is on the limit of as big as I’d want to go though, and having directly measured the reach it’s closer to 490mm (tad over) than the stated 505mm on Cube’s website. The one thing that is noticeably bigger on the XL over the L (and even the M) is the seat tube length; on the XL it’s 480mm, vs 420mm on the L and 405 on the M. By comparison, my Vitus Sommet has a 440mm seat tube length on the L (and all other geo is similar to the One77’s in L); that 440mm on the Vitus feels about the smallest you’d want to go for a size L bike and has sufficient insertion support for a 170-200mm dropper post. The 405mm is probably OK on the M, but 420mm on the L meant that I was right on the limit of minimum seat tube insertion for the dropper, but that’s before even considering fitting shorter cranks and having to raise the seat tube more. The L would have definitely been a better turning bike for me (more flickable), but that short seat tube length kills it. I ideally wanted 480-490mm reach anyway, so the XL is a better fit, especially after changing the head tube to the steep setting (having gone for the longer frame, the need for a slacker head tube angle for steep stuff is not as great).
 
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At 177cm i'm happy with the L, but I knew I was going to overfork it to 190mm giving me closer to a 465mm reach (-10mm).

Quite surprised about the flexy rear comments, feels stiffer than my reign and similar to my old meta.

I've got a second pair of wheels built up for the summer, I should have a few weeks to ride with no family obligations, planning to put some serious miles on it in the mountains.
 
Quite surprised about the flexy rear comments,
Me too. The flexy rear comment is clearly valid for the One55; I bumped into someone a couple of weeks back with a One55 and that rear triangle was very flexible (there’s no brace on the seat stays, unlike the One77). We then proceeded to compare the rear triangle ‘flexiness’ of our bikes and some others, and concluded the One77 rear triangle was pretty stiff compared to other bikes of a similar ilk.
 
Me too. The flexy rear comment is clearly valid for the One55; I bumped into someone a couple of weeks back with a One55 and that rear triangle was very flexible (there’s no brace on the seat stays, unlike the One77). We then proceeded to compare the rear triangle ‘flexiness’ of our bikes and some others, and concluded the One77 rear triangle was pretty stiff compared to other bikes of a similar ilk.
Carbon wheels stiffen up the rear removing one aspect of “flex” from the rear. Having an alloy rear triangle is one of the main selling points points on this EMTB giving it the facility to track and ride far easier than some of the full carbon bikes that as a result are just not very forgiving.
 
I’m taking my one77 to bike park wales in a few weeks. Anything I should do to the bike before I go? I’ve just ordered new pads and some XT rotas. I’m not one for jumping so I’ll mainly be riding the techy and some drops.
 
I’m taking my one77 to bike park wales in a few weeks. Anything I should do to the bike before I go? I’ve just ordered new pads and some XT rotas. I’m not one for jumping so I’ll mainly be riding the techy and some drops.
Tyre insert for the rear is very helpful. Outside of that, have fun, get body armour if you can and a full face and try not to bin it 😂
 
Tyre insert for the rear is very helpful. Outside of that, have fun, get body armour if you can and a full face and try not to bin it 😂
Going for my birthday 🙂. Doing Forest of Dean on the Wednesday and bpw on the Thursday. Fingers crossed I don’t bin it haha.
 
Has anyone else noticed an increase in motor noise the more the mileage increases? I'm nearing 1.1k miles now and mine has definitely got louder.
 
Me too. The flexy rear comment is clearly valid for the One55; I bumped into someone a couple of weeks back with a One55 and that rear triangle was very flexible (there’s no brace on the seat stays, unlike the One77). We then proceeded to compare the rear triangle ‘flexiness’ of our bikes and some others, and concluded the One77 rear triangle was pretty stiff compared to other bikes of a similar ilk.
There are a rear triangle update/swap under warranty, I think.
 
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